MS. Marsh 64 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 10 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Miscellanea, Arabic poetry, Mecca, and Arabic prose literature
1. ff. 1r-5r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Jottings, including verses, by the owner of the MS.
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Miscellaneous
[NAM. 380 (1)]
2. ff. 6-12
Author: Anonymous
Title: A small collection of poems
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 380 (2)]
3. ff. 13r-16v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of an adab work, containing tales and verses
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Belles Lettres
[NAM. 380 (3)]
4. ff. 17-24v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of a poetical anthology
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 380 (4)]
5. ff. 25r-107v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of a historical work, containing the portion on events connected with the Ḥajj
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix History
[NAM. 380 (5), with corr. Nic. p. 555]
6. ff. 108-117
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of an anthology, mostly of verse, selected to illustrate the various kinds of composition
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 380 (6)]
7. f. 123
Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122
Title: al-Risālah al-shīnīyah

The last part

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 277
[NAM. 380 (7, iv)]
8. ff. 124v-136v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A collection of short mystical poems [lacking end]
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Poetry
[Niooll Arab. Moh. 380 (8)]
9. ff. 137r-144v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A collection of poems.*

*Nic. lists 7 items, one of which (no. 3) is individually mentioned by Brock. (G1, p. 328)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 380 (9)]
10. ff. 137v-138r
Author: Bahāʼ al-Dīn Zuhayr ibn Muḥammad, 1185-1258
Title: Firāqī

A single poem from the Dīwān

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 264
[NAM. 380 (9, iii)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
5 ff. 7 ff. 4 ff. 8 ff. 83 ff. 10 ff. 1 f. 13 ff. 8 ff. 2 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 1492 CE n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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